That’s my thoughts exactly
So, if I'm sorting this out correctly, when (you know darned well that's the plan) they boot Joe to the curb, that will move harris up, and harris' vp spot will be filled by the next person in the line of succession, which is pelosi. Right?
Oh God no. There should always be hearings to make sure the person nominated is actually qualified and not a crazy person. The Court is a seriously important part of our country and we need to make sure that one of the nine people with lifetime appointments are fit to be on the Court. We cannot ever have a single-issue nominee to the Supreme Court. They need to be the rational people, the adults in the room who make sure the law is properly stated. The best we could possibly do is nine truly impartial jurists who don't have political leanings or endorsements. As soon as I hear "the Federalist Society likes them" or "The Heritage Foundation backs them" I get frightened. We need an independant judiciary. Politicizing the courts and blocking judicial nominations is one of the very worst things Mitch McConnell has done to this country.
Remember, the House has passed hundreds of bills since 2018. McConnell won't let them on the floor of the Senate for consideration or a vote. Blame him if you have a complaint about legislation not being passed. Total dereliction of duty.
Correct Peglegjoe, as was demonstrated with Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
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I think that's two different issues. The speaker of the House is next in line if both the president and the vice president are out of commission together. It's a different story if the vice president becomes president. You are correct that the Speaker of the House does not automatically become the vice president if only the president is out of commission.Correct Peglegjoe, as was demonstrated with Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.
"When President Richard Nixon’s vice president, Spiro Agnew, resigned in 1973, Nixon nominated House Minority Leader Gerald Ford to become vice president.
And when Nixon resigned the following year, Ford became president and nominated Nelson Rockefeller, the former governor of New York, to become vice president."
Vice Presidential Vacancy Isn't Automatically Filled by House Speaker - FactCheck.org
A viral Facebook post wrongly suggests that if Joe Biden were to become president and later step down, Nancy Pelosi would become vice president. The Constitution says the vice president would become president and nominate a replacement; Congress must confirm or deny that pick.
The line of succession as I posted only covers the presidential seat. All others need to be nominated and confirmed.
And you are correct.
Was replying to original post by ScottJ, whom Peglegjoe referenced and correctly stated that the House Speaker would not automatically move into VP position if J. Biden was removed from the Presidency for some reason. It would be up to K. Harris to nominate someone for the VP position (which I suppose could be the Speaker), and cited the Nixon & Ford examples as such.
